Blue Eyed Girl

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Blue Eyed Girl

2025

1h 37m

Comedy

Drama

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When Jane Messina is summoned home to visit her two sisters and her ailing father, she's forced to re-evaluate her life, and to wonder what could have been. Blue Eyed Girl is a coming-of-age story, just at the age of forty, not fifteen. It's about marriage, midlife, chasing dreams, and most of all, it's about reconciling who you are, with who you thought you might be.

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Mikkel Frederiksen

Film Threat

Dec 15

8/10

Blue Eyed Girl is far from subversive, but it deals with sincere subject matter that, for some reason, is underserved by filmmakers.

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Todd Jorgenson

Cinemalogue

Nov 29

Melodramatic contrivances overwhelm the heartfelt intentions in this saga of grief and healing.

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Christie Cronan

Common Sense Media

Nov 25

4/5

Blue Eyed Girl takes a hard look at midlife and tears it apart, offering a raw, emotional reflection about being at the crossroads of our past and our present and coming to terms with our dreams—and our realities.

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Neely Swanson

Easy Reader (California)

Nov 24

A story that’s been told before but tell it well and it’s worthwhile to revisit. “Blue Eyed Girl” is told very well with a winning cast of characters, the very definition of an independent film.

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Peter Gray

The AU Review

Nov 22

3.5/5

[Marisa] Coughlan has always been a standout performer, if underappreciated, and both her comedic capabilities and emotional depth help Blue Eyed Girl elevate any of its standard structure.

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Simon Foster

Screen-Space (Substack)

Nov 20

3.5/5

The pic’s sweet and soulful centre is the lovely Marisa Coughlan, working from her own script; [she] finds a warm truth as ‘Jane’, the 40-ish L.A. mum suddenly faced with a lot of emotional Midwest baggage and bittersweet mature-age dramatics.

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Jonathan B

@Jonbob122 Feb 27

One of the better movies to come out recently. Wholesome and realistic storyline without the woke agenda seen so much these days.

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many P

@Many_Planets Feb 26

This woman makes 40 look seriously old… the actress is in her fifties. Just based on that alone you know you’re not dealing with a smart filmmaker.

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Kalissa H.

@kali_416 Jan 31

Unrealistic at times. Man wanted to leave his wife and kids for a woman he hadn’t seen in 20 years. Nurse spread her son’s ashes with a woman she barely knew. It wasn’t bad but it did have unrealistic scenes.

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Katie M

@KMcCollow Jan 15

I loved this movie, I've seen it twice. It's heartfelt, funny and highly relatable, and if Beau Bridges and Lisa Gay Hamilton don't make you cry, you might need to check your pulse. The performances of Marisa Coughlan, Eliza Coupe and Bridey Eliot as the sisters are also top-drawer- I have three sisters, and it felt like Ms. Coughlan, who wrote the script, had taken dialogue right from our mouths. Small stories told well are my favorite kind of stories, and this one hits the mark.

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Marcia M

@MidwestMarc Dec 29

So great and so real!!! A poignant story about a woman in early mid life deciding which fork in the road to take. A question many of us ask ourselves periodically. The acting was really great. Eachcharacter so well developed. Truly enjoyed this movie.

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Polly T

@PRebecca Dec 28

Blue Eyed Girl is quite comical AND it tastefully engages poignant life challenges. It is hopeful and a "feel good movie" without being saccharine or unrealistic. Okay, the homes may be out of reach for most of us…It is visually beautiful, has a talented cast and smart writing. Recommend with a glass of wine….🍷

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Synopsis

When Jane Messina is summoned home to visit her two sisters and her ailing father, she's forced to re-evaluate her life, and to wonder what could have been. Blue Eyed Girl is a coming-of-age story, just at the age of forty, not fifteen. It's about marriage, midlife, chasing dreams, and most of all, it's about reconciling who you are, with who you thought you might be.

Director: J. Mills Goodloe
Producer: Conroy Kanter, Stephen Wallack, Jeremy Alter, Louise Spinner, Bianca Bezdek-Goodloe
Screenwriter: Marisa Coughlan
Distributor: Quiver Distribution
Production Co: KK Ranch Productions, CCandME Productions, Lucky 13 Productions
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Original Language: English
Release Date (Theaters): Nov 21, 2025, Limited
Release Date (Streaming): Nov 21, 2025
Runtime: 1h 37m

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